Developers' Corner Posts
Take Time for Yourself...
When I got into this business, I worked long hours. Nearly every waking moment was spent in front of a computer screen. With little ... 0 Comments | Read More »
The Model-View-Controller Explanation
This should be a fun one. I wrote an article recently for the magazine about Ruby on Rails, which was meant as a primer to those tha... 0 Comments | Read More »
Shuffling the Schedules (while munching M&Ms)
It’s the middle of the week, and already I’m feeling drained, void of any valid nutrition. I’m chowing down on Chinese food because,... 0 Comments | Read More »
Automation: It's a Beautiful Thing
Back in my own time zone, there’s still a great deal to do to get my client back on track with time-saving implementations. In the c... 0 Comments | Read More »
Things Are Getting Better
Well, our work is being done, and things are starting to improve. Over the weekend some of our optimizations were implemented in the... 0 Comments | Read More »
He Called, I Flew
My client’s needs were urgent and two days ago I flew out to Arizona, where I’m currently working on rebuilding data sets and Order ... 0 Comments | Read More »
When Tragedy Hit, He Called...
After a week on vacation, a client of mine returned to hundreds of orders to fill, and a crashed computer. The data for his order pr... 0 Comments | Read More »
Relationships in Ruby on Rails
I figured I would post about creating relationships between database tables because I have been learning more and more about Ruby on... 0 Comments | Read More »
Optimizing Database Connections (Part 3)
The caching seems to have helped out some, with the server load dropping considerably since the PHP scripts no longer have to access... 0 Comments | Read More »
I Learned it from a Goth Band...
This past weekend my husband and I trekked some 90 miles to see an independent band that runs on an obscure record label. It was a l... 0 Comments | Read More »
Optimizing Database Connections (Part 2)
Continuing from last weeks post, it seems that our biggest performance issues have been tackled. The site has not been slow to load ... 0 Comments | Read More »
"Waiting" The Right Way...
Last week I journeyed back to Upstate New York to meet with staff. My parents drove 90 miles to visit me in Albany and my father hun... 0 Comments | Read More »
Optimizing Database Connections (Part 1)
The efforts to optimize our website to account for the traffic increases that we have seen have been tireless. I've noticed that it ... 0 Comments | Read More »
Dealing with Lingering Emails & Messages
As I type this, I have 1,526 emails in my “to be addressed” folder. About half require responses and the rest just need to be proper... 0 Comments | Read More »
Zend Optimizer Installed
Continuing with the saga of trying to make sure that our site is as optimized as it can be and addressing performance issues, we had... 0 Comments | Read More »
Another New Blogger
We have another new blogger on the scene. Long-time Practical eCommerce contributor Pamela Hazelton has decided to participate by wr... 0 Comments | Read More »
Installing Ruby on Rails
I probably should have posted about this earlier, but I didn't. About a week ago I wanted to begin actually developing some use Rail... 0 Comments | Read More »
Sales Killers: Anti-Spam Verifications, Auto Replies and Mailbox Quotas
It seems that every time we read about potential legislation against SPAM, we get flooded with more emails alerting us to unbelievab... 0 Comments | Read More »
Content Blacklists to Prevent Spam
Ahhh... spam. I have to say that I am one of the few people that I know that loves to eat SPAM. Not counting, of course, Hawaii and ... 0 Comments | Read More »
TextMate Code Editor
This is kind of a silly post, but I have been using a new text editor, or what some might call a code editor. It's called TextMate, ... 0 Comments | Read More »
